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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Asgari, Samaneh
• Khaloo, Pegah
• Khalili, Davood
• Azizi, Fereidoun
• Hadaegh, Farzad

Titel

Status of Hypertension in Tehran: Potential impact of the ACC/AHA 2017 and JNC7 Guidelines, 2012-2015

Ist Teil von

• Scientific reports, 2019-04, Vol.9 (1), p.6382, Article 6382

Ort / Verlag

England: Nature Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension, the recommended anti-hypertensive therapy and the percentage of hypertensive patients who had achieved the blood pressure (BP) target according to 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) versus JNC7 and 8 guidelines, among Iranian population. Data of participants aged ≥20 years from the fifth phase (2012-2015) of the Tehran lipid and glucose study (N = 10,576) were analyzed, using survey analysis. The weighted prevalence of hypertension among those not on anti-hypertensive medications was 42.7 and 12.6%, applying the ACC/AHA and JNC7 guideline definitions, respectively; the corresponding values with including BP-lowering medication in definition of hypertension were 47.1% and 20.4%, respectively. However, 90% of these hypertensive people were found to have a 10-year cardiovascular disease risk of <10%. Applying the ACC/AHA guideline, anti-hypertensive medication was recommended for 21.9% of Tehranians, compared to 19.3 and 12.2% according to the JNC7 and 8 guidelines, respectively. Among Tehranians taking anti-hypertensive medication, 20% achieved the BP goal according to the ACC/AHA guideline, compared to the 42.1 and 53.6%, using JNC7 and 8 guidelines, respectively. Despite the tremendous increase in the prevalence of hypertension, most of the newly identified cases did not belong to the high-risk group.